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The only force not to record rape or murder charges against a foreign national was Dyfed-Powys Police, who operate in rural Wales.

Only 37 out of the 43 police forces responded to the request for figures.

Suffolk had the highest percentage of foreign murder suspects – almost three quarters of those charged with the offence were immigrants.

In Manchester non-UK nationals accounted for 177 of the 832 people charged with rape in 2012.

Hampshire police force refused to reveal nationalities of eight foreign nationals charged with rape on the grounds that it would lead to ethnic victimisation.

The figures did illustrate how many of those charged were convicted or cleared.

In 2001 there were 7.5million foreign nationals living in England and Wales, accounting for more than one in ten of the population.

The number increased by almost three million from 2001.

After Suffolk, Cumbria had the highest percentage of foreign murder suspects, 63 per cent, followed by Hertfordshire, 60 per cent, Humberside, 50 per cent, and Wiltshire, 43 per cent.

The police forces with highest percentage of foreign rape suspects were British Transport Police, at 67 per cent, the combined Metropolitan and City police London, who had 34 per cent, followed by South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Northamptonshire who all had 21 per cent.